Hi All,

I'd like to give you an example of what I am trying to achieve and perhaps you might be able to help me along.

I would like to add the following criteria to new servers, from a password aging and lockout standpoint.

-Number of failed logins before lockout: = 5
-Number of Passwords before reuse: = 12
-Password MAX age: = 6
-Password Min. Length: = 6
-Password Min. Other Characters: = 1

I know I can use the chage command to set most of these changes on a single user basis. Is there a way to set these globally for users?

Thanks,
mkono

Set globally for users?

Depends of the OS...
in aix 5.X it would be in /etc/security/user ( modify the default stanza params...)
in HP 11.XX you would configure /etc/default/security
in Solaris ...
etc...